Davidson County store sells winning lottery ticket worth $135,370

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Mar 18, 2013 at 1:18 PM

A Winston-Salem woman won $135,370 in the Carolina Cash 5 jackpot on a ticket purchased at a northern Davidson County convenience store.

A Winston-Salem woman won $135,370 in the Carolina Cash 5 jackpot on a ticket purchased at a northern Davidson County convenience store.Charlynn Schultz said that the moment she realized she'd won the jackpot was like an "out of body experience," according to a press release from the lottery. She purchased her ticket at the Circle C on Hickory Tree Road."I was just about to go to bed when I got on the computer to check my numbers," Schultz said. "I saw a couple of my numbers matched and thought I had won a dollar. Then I kept seeing them match, one after the other. I didn't know where I was for a minute. It was just surreal, like a wave coming over me." Her ticket for the March 9 drawing matched all five numbers, beating odds of 1 in 575,757 to win the jackpot. She plans to use her winnings, worth $92,051 after taxes, to pay bills and help pay for her children's education."This is all so overwhelming," Schultz said as she held her check for the first time. "I feel so blessed."

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